(+-)-2-Butanol → 4-sec-Butoxy-6-(2-butyn-1-yloxy)pyrimidine

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Reaction Steps

In 4 ml of tetrahydrofuran was suspended 0.10 g of sodium hydride (60% in oil), to which 0.4 ml of a solution containing 0.17 g of 2-butanol was added dropwise at 0° C., followed by stirring for 10 minutes. To this was added dropwise 0.4 ml of a solution containing 0.30 g of 4,6-dichloropyrimidine in tetrahydrofuran, followed by stirring at the same temperature for 3 hours. To this was added dropwise 0.4 ml of a solution containing 0.18 g of 2-butyn-1-ol in tetrahydrofuran and further added 0.10 g of sodium hydride (60% in oil), followed by stirring at room temperature for 7 hours. The reaction mixture was then poured into a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, which was extracted three times with t-butyl methyl ether. The combined organic layers were washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to give 0.31 g of 4-(sec-butyloxy)-6-(2-butynyloxy)pyrimidine (the present compound (23)).

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